הולכה

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ה־ל־ך (h-l-k)
12 terms

Action noun of the verb הוֹלִיךְ (holíkh), from the root ה־ל־ך (h-l-k).

Noun

הוֹלָכָה • (holakhá) f (plural indefinite הוֹלָכוֹת, singular construct הוֹלָכַת־)

  1. Leading, carrying, the act of leading or carrying.
    • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud. Yoma, 27a:
      הולכת אברים לכבש
      The carrying of the portions of the sacrifice to the alter ascent.
  2. (Jewish law) Drawing the slaughterer's knife in a forward direction.

References

  • “הולכה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903), A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎[1], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 339
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